Shift of power from Barcelona to Madrid in the Spain team

Luis Enrique admitted after >Spain's 6-0 win over Croatia that he has the backbone of the team well in place now and there has been a notable power shift in personnel from Barcelona to Real Madrid.

It is 16 years since Madrid had six players in the Spain team as happened against Croatia while Barcelona, whose players were the mainstay of the Spain side during their recent golden period had just Sergio Busquets starting.

In the World Cup final, Vicente del Bosque put out six Barcelona players (Puyol, Pique, Busquets, Xavi, Iniesta and Pedro) along with Villa who had just signed from Valencia. Barcelona had their biggest representation in the friendly against Uruguay in 2013 with seven players starting and at one stage in the match had nine players on the pitch.

Slowly though since then Barcelona's influence has been diminishing up to now with the latest developments being Pique and Iniesta's retirement along with Jordi Alba losing his place.

For Madrid Isco, Carvajal, Nacho, Asensio and Lucas Vazquez have all come onto the scene as the club have had more weight in the Spain dressing room. During the Russia World Cup, they were the most represented club with six players.